Derbyshire’s Derventio Housing Trust launches emergency appeal to keep its residents safe in the lockdown
A Derbyshire social landlord says that many of its residents are facing a huge challenge to keep their heads above water because the coronavirus lockdown has stopped them from accessing vital services they rely on to keep themselves safe. The Derventio Housing Trust says that the hundreds of former homeless people living in its accommodation […]
Teacher proud to join the fight against coronavirus as Shirebrook Academy makes face visors for NHS workers
Teachers at Shirebrook Academy have made their contribution to the UK’s fight against the coronavirus by making visors for the NHS front-line workers. Last week staff at the school’s design and technology department delivered 200 protective visors to staff working at the Chesterfield Royal Hospital. The items consist of adjustable headbands cut from polypropylene sheets […]
Bemrose School pupils in print thanks to Derby Book Festival
Creative pupils from a city school have been given the chance to see their poetry in print thanks to the organisers of Derby Book Festival. Children from The Bemrose School, in Uttoxeter New Road, have been working with professional performance poet Leanne Moden to create work which will be published in an anthology. A group […]
Derby special school St Giles invited to help with Oak National Academy online learning material for pupils with SEND
A DERBY special school has been invited to join up with other special schools around the country; as part of the National Network of Special Teaching Schools, to help lead the way for the Oak National Academy to launch a new specialist curriculum for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The Oak National […]
Shirebrook Academy principal Mark Cottingham calls for strong leadership and plenty of time to help UK schools plan for reopen their doors
A Shirebrook school principal believes that students in Years 10 and Six should be the first ones allowed back into the classroom when schools finally re-open their doors after the coronavirus lockdown. Mark Cottingham, principal of Shirebrook Academy, says that youngsters in the two year-groups have the most to lose from the continued closures of […]
Derby special school St Giles praises city charity Derby County Community Trust for its support with essential school resources
THE executive head teacher at a Derby special school has praised the work of an award-winning city charity for their help in providing valuable additional resources during the Easter fortnight. Clive Lawrence, executive head at St Giles School – the city’s only special primary school – says that he is ‘extremely grateful’ to the support […]
Lubrizol donates vital PPE to help the fight against the coronavirus to NHS workers and community volunteers
Derbyshire specialty chemical company Lubrizol UK has made its own donation to the fight against coronavirus by donating hundreds of items of PPE equipment to frontline NHS health workers and community volunteers. Staff from Lubrizol, based in Hazelwood, handed over the 40 boxes of latex gloves, 120 face masks and 80 pairs of safety glasses […]
Former Derbyshire Police chief Kul Mahay willing to go back on the beat to help with coronavirus crackdown
A FORMER Superintendent who retired from Derbyshire Constabulary five years ago says he would be willing to re-join the police in a bid to crack down on those flouting the law during the coronavirus lockdown. Kul Mahay spent 32 years working with the police and, at one time, he was one of the most senior […]
Community spirit is in the air as Gillotts Funeral Directors shows and receives some coronavirus kindness with donation to Treetops Hospice Care
A Nottinghamshire funeral firm has handed over £500 to help an East Midlands charity survive the coronavirus outbreak – just days after it took delivery of vital PPE clothing from two kind-hearted local firms. Gillotts Funeral Directors says that it has been both a giver and a receiver within a week, as organisations across the […]
Staff who work for Derventio Housing Trust’s Growing Lives project keep in touch with community as it shuts its doors during the coronavirus crisis
Staff who work for an Ilkeston community project that helps former homeless people rebuild their lives say they are phoning them regularly to check on their welfare after it was forced to close its doors during the coronavirus outbreak. Growing Lives, based in Grenville Drive, Cotmanhay, acts as a lifeline for around 50 people who […]